Ezekiel 20:24:7Ezek.20.24.W7TAB
חִלְּל֑וּ
khillelu
“they profaned or they defiled”
- Transliteration
- khil-le-LU
- Extended
- khihl-leh-LUU
- IPA
- /ħil.ləˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they profaned or they defiled
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
khil-le-LU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU
- clause
YA-an mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU ve-khu-kO-TAI ma-A-SU ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU
- sentence
YA-an mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU ve-khu-kO-TAI ma-A-SU ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU ve-a-kha-REI gil-lu-LEI a-vo-TAM ha-YU e-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The direct object marker within veʾet-shabbatotai {וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַי | wə-’eṯ-šabbətôṯāy} ‘and my Sabbaths’ precedes the Piel perfect hilelû {חִלֵּלוּ | ḥillelû} ‘they profaned’, heightening the sense of deliberate desecration.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–lamed–lamed
“to pollute, profane”
In context — Ezekiel 20:24
Because they did not carry out my judgments and despised my statutes , profaned my Sabbaths, and set their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:24, so the Hebrew word חִלְּל֑וּ (khillelu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.20.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.24.W7.S1) and character.